Volume 14 - Issue 1 - January, 2002
Case Report
08/01/2008
Hugh G. Calkins, MD; Nisha Chandra-Strobos, MD; Thomas A. Hennebry, MB, BCh, BAO, MD
Ebstein’s anomaly of the tricuspid valve is a rare form of congenital heart disease that occurs in 1 in 20,000 live births and has a prevalence of approximately 0.5% among patients with congenital heart disease.1 It is characterized by apical...
Ebstein’s anomaly of the tricuspid valve is a rare form of congenital heart disease that occurs in 1 in 20,000 live births and has a prevalence of approximately 0.5% among patients with congenital heart disease.1 It is characterized by apical...
Ebstein’s anomaly of the...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
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Robert A. Harrington, MD; Can Manh Nguyen, MD; Michael H. Sketch, Jr., MD; Robert H. Peter, MD; David E. Kandzari, MD
Case Description. A 45-year-old male with established coronary artery disease was admitted for 2 weeks of recurrent rest-onset chest pain symptoms. The patient had undergone 2 previous percutaneous coronary interventions at another hospital....
Case Description. A 45-year-old male with established coronary artery disease was admitted for 2 weeks of recurrent rest-onset chest pain symptoms. The patient had undergone 2 previous percutaneous coronary interventions at another hospital....
Case Description. A 45-year-old...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
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Chi Di Liang, MD; Chiung Jen Wu, MD; Chih Yuan Fang, MD; Sheung Fat Ko, MD
Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) has been recognized as a safe, simple and effective alternative to operation for the management of renal artery stenosis (RAS). However, major complications such as complete arterial occlusion and...
Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) has been recognized as a safe, simple and effective alternative to operation for the management of renal artery stenosis (RAS). However, major complications such as complete arterial occlusion and...
Percutaneous transluminal...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Original Contribution
08/01/2008
Matthew J. Budoff, MD; Bin Lu, MD; Ru-Ping Dai, MD; Nan Zhuang, MD
Electron-beam angiography (EBA) with three-dimensional (3D) reconstruction is a new, noninvasive cardiac imaging modality that has been used to determine patency of coronary artery bypass grafts (CABG).1–3 EBA permits noninvasive...
Electron-beam angiography (EBA) with three-dimensional (3D) reconstruction is a new, noninvasive cardiac imaging modality that has been used to determine patency of coronary artery bypass grafts (CABG).1–3 EBA permits noninvasive...
Electron-beam angiography (EBA)...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
08/01/2008
Makram R. Ebeid, MD
Atrial septal defects (ASD) have been closed surgically for over 4 decades with very low morbidity and mortality. The position of ASDs has rendered itself to the ingenious attempts of a number of pediatric cardiac interventionalists for...
Atrial septal defects (ASD) have been closed surgically for over 4 decades with very low morbidity and mortality. The position of ASDs has rendered itself to the ingenious attempts of a number of pediatric cardiac interventionalists for...
Atrial septal defects (ASD) have...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Vascular Disease
08/01/2008
Michael L. Marin, MD; Nicholas J. Morrissey, MD; Peter L. Faries, MD; Victoria Teodorescu, MD; Larry H. Hollier, MD
Since the first report of successful endovascular stent graft (EVSG) repair of an abdominal aortic aneurysm by Parodi in 1991,1 a revolution in AAA surgery has been occurring. Numerous series of EVSG of AAA have been reported2–4 using...
Since the first report of successful endovascular stent graft (EVSG) repair of an abdominal aortic aneurysm by Parodi in 1991,1 a revolution in AAA surgery has been occurring. Numerous series of EVSG of AAA have been reported2–4 using...
Since the first report of...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Celso Acevedo, MD; Richard L. Lindsey, MD; Alan H. Gradman, MD; Denes Korpas, MD
Coronary artery perforation is a rare complication of percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) and coronary stenting. This complication most commonly results in a communication between the coronary artery lumen and the...
Coronary artery perforation is a rare complication of percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) and coronary stenting. This complication most commonly results in a communication between the coronary artery lumen and the...
Coronary artery perforation is a...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Editorial Message
08/01/2008
Richard E. Shaw, PhD, FACC
Dear Readers,
This issue of the Journal of Invasive Cardiology ushers in another new and exciting year in the publication of the Journal. During the past year we have witnessed dramatic changes in both our society and our health care system....
Dear Readers,
This issue of the Journal of Invasive Cardiology ushers in another new and exciting year in the publication of the Journal. During the past year we have witnessed dramatic changes in both our society and our health care system....
Dear Readers,
This issue of the...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Commentary
08/01/2008
Rafael Beyar, MD, DSc, MPH; Eugenia Nikolsky, MD, PhD; Luis Gruberg, MD
Since 1977, when Gruentzig introduced balloon angioplasty as a less invasive alternative to coronary artery bypass graft surgery, the results have steadily improved. The proportion of complex patients who undergo this procedure has...
Since 1977, when Gruentzig introduced balloon angioplasty as a less invasive alternative to coronary artery bypass graft surgery, the results have steadily improved. The proportion of complex patients who undergo this procedure has...
Since 1977, when Gruentzig...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
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Franz R. Eberli, MD; Haresh Mehta, MD; Martin Fleisch, MD; Bernhard Meier, MD, FACC, FESC; Ali R. Garachemani, MD; Stephan Windecker, MD; Tushar Chatterjee, MD
The sizes of introducer sheaths and guiding catheters for percutaneous therapeutic interventions have decreased, which should reduce access-site complications.1–6 However, the use of novel antiplatelet drugs like glycoprotein IIb/IIIa...
The sizes of introducer sheaths and guiding catheters for percutaneous therapeutic interventions have decreased, which should reduce access-site complications.1–6 However, the use of novel antiplatelet drugs like glycoprotein IIb/IIIa...
The sizes of introducer sheaths...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
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Roxana Mehran, MD; Jeffrey W. Moses, MD; Michael B. Collins, MD; Edward M. Kreps, MD; Milena Adamian, MD; Issam Moussa, MD; Yoshio Kobayashi, MD; Kartik Desai, MD; Gregg W. Stone, MD, FACC, FSCAI; Martin B. Leon, MD; George D. Dangas, MD, PhD
Lower restenosis rates were shown in selected lesions with the first-generation Palmaz-Schatz stent when compared to conventional balloon angioplasty.1 However, because the Palmaz-Schatz stent and its delivery system were rigid, stent...
Lower restenosis rates were shown in selected lesions with the first-generation Palmaz-Schatz stent when compared to conventional balloon angioplasty.1 However, because the Palmaz-Schatz stent and its delivery system were rigid, stent...
Lower restenosis rates were...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Commentary
08/01/2008
Antonio Colombo, MD; Goran Stankovic, MD
The dream of any interventional cardiologist and of most stent companies is to have or find a “Panic stent”. A stent with such unique deliverability may need to compromise with other characteristics such as recoil, radial strength, plaque...
The dream of any interventional cardiologist and of most stent companies is to have or find a “Panic stent”. A stent with such unique deliverability may need to compromise with other characteristics such as recoil, radial strength, plaque...
The dream of any interventional...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Electrophysiology Corner
08/01/2008
Todd J. Cohen, MD, FACC, FHRS; Jeffrey Klein
Progression of congestive heart failure (CHF), although somewhat slowed by recent therapeutic developments, continues to be a growing problem among men and women age 50–80 years. It afflicts 2–4 million people in the United States and nearly...
Progression of congestive heart failure (CHF), although somewhat slowed by recent therapeutic developments, continues to be a growing problem among men and women age 50–80 years. It afflicts 2–4 million people in the United States and nearly...
Progression of congestive heart...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
08/01/2008
Can Manh Nguyen, MD; Michael H. Sketch, Jr., MD; Robert H. Peter, MD; David E. Kandzari, MD; Robert A. Harrington, MD
Case Description. A 45-year-old male with established coronary artery disease was admitted for 2 weeks of recurrent rest-onset chest pain symptoms. The patient had undergone 2 previous percutaneous coronary interventions at another hospital....
Case Description. A 45-year-old male with established coronary artery disease was admitted for 2 weeks of recurrent rest-onset chest pain symptoms. The patient had undergone 2 previous percutaneous coronary interventions at another hospital....
Case Description. A 45-year-old...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Feature
08/01/2008
Marie-Claude Morice, MD, FESC, FACC; Salvador Hernandez, MD; R. Choussat, MD; Pierre Dumas, MD; Christophe Loubeyre, MD; Jean Fajadet, MD; Thierry Lefèvre, MD; Jean Marco, MD; Yves Louvard, MD; Beatriz Villegas, MD
When percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) was introduced, it was limited to patients suffering from refractory angina pectoris due to isolated lesions of a single major epicardial coronary artery.1 Over the last 2 decades, however, the...
When percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) was introduced, it was limited to patients suffering from refractory angina pectoris due to isolated lesions of a single major epicardial coronary artery.1 Over the last 2 decades, however, the...
When percutaneous coronary...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Original Contribution
08/01/2008
Jean Marco, MD; Beatriz Villegas, MD; Marie-Claude Morice, MD, FESC, FACC; Salvador Hernandez, MD; R. Choussat, MD; Pierre Dumas, MD; Thierry Lefèvre, MD; Christophe Loubeyre, MD; Yves Louvard, MD; Jean Fajadet, MD
This study was performed to measure the percentage of candidates for multiple stenting of triple vessel coronary artery disease among a large population of consecutive patients undergoing elective PCI, and to examine their short- and...
This study was performed to measure the percentage of candidates for multiple stenting of triple vessel coronary artery disease among a large population of consecutive patients undergoing elective PCI, and to examine their short- and...
This study was performed to...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
08/01/2008
Yves Louvard, MD; Beatriz Villegas, MD; Marie-Claude Morice, MD, FESC, FACC; Salvador Hernandez, MD; R. Choussat, MD; Pierre Dumas, MD; Christophe Loubeyre, MD; Jean Fajadet, MD; Jean Marco, MD; Thierry Lefèvre, MD
When percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) was introduced, it was limited to patients suffering from refractory angina pectoris due to isolated lesions of a single major epicardial coronary artery.1 Over the last 2 decades, however, the...
When percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) was introduced, it was limited to patients suffering from refractory angina pectoris due to isolated lesions of a single major epicardial coronary artery.1 Over the last 2 decades, however, the...
When percutaneous coronary...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Feature
08/01/2008
Paramjeet S. Chopra, MD
In this issue of the Journal of Invasive Cardiology, Mehta and colleagues provide an interesting report describing their initial clinical experience with a device, the X-Press system, for percutaneous closure of a femoral arterial access...
In this issue of the Journal of Invasive Cardiology, Mehta and colleagues provide an interesting report describing their initial clinical experience with a device, the X-Press system, for percutaneous closure of a femoral arterial access...
In this issue of the Journal of...
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